The Portland daily press., 1887-11-14
PULPIT AND PLATFORM.
wILLIsToN CHURCH.

WllliSt0n church was packed l2St evening
to hear the pastor, Rev. l.. ii. Hallock, dis
euss "The Anarchists" at the peoples SER
vice. The speaker said that Fridays execu-
tion gained Importance from the fact that
the dead Anarchists are representatives OF a
numerous class among us with whom the
American people have practically to deal.
They are not indigenous to our soil, but are
gendered in the slums Of the old world, and
bred in the heavy atmosphere Of despotism.
These men were hanged, not because they
killed, but at Haymarket Square their in
flammatory words melted others to murder.
Their crime was anarchy. Anarchy is
state Of society in which there is no authori-
ty, but absolute and irresponsible personal
license. Anarchy is murder; Is arson; Is re-
bellion when occasion demands; 1t is either
or all unboundedly, If either or all may be
needful to Its purpose. In dealing with such
a crime, severity today Is kindness for to-
morrow. Rigorous determination of the
poison alone can purify the land. Turn
away your head If you faint, but let the sur
geon's work proceed. It.lis the only safety,
the only kindness.
Don't forget Haymarket. That was de-
signed to be only the beginning; and but for
the stern grip of the law the streets would
have been slippery with Chicago's best blood.
/ do not abuse these men; 1t Is their own
platform which gives us the statements; ;
they are Atheists to man; they recognize
no authority, and the prevalence Of anarchy
would be unmitigated social and national
ruin. Liberty we guard with jealous care,
but anarchy would make liberty and securi-
ty impossible, and introduce reign OF ter
ror worse than ever cursed the soil Of France.
The gravity of our theme lies in this, that
all rejection of law, either human or divine
is incipent anarchy, and Is 10 be treated as
such.
II American institutions. are to be main
tanned, anarchy must be thrOttled dead; IL
the throne of God shall stand, anarchy in re-
ligion must eventually suffer like fate.
The plea for mercy, to be effective. must
come before the bomb is thrown; 1t has no
place afterward.
dere. pitied, almost relented; but heaved a
sigh of relief when it was over, for justice
to crime meant safety to fifty millions. Say
not o! the pitilessness of lawl say rather,
Oh the protection Of law Let those hang
ing Anarchists preach to us that sin must
suffer. Submit yourselves, therefore, unto
God"
CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH.
Rev. Mr.. Crosley, of the Church of the
Messiah, preached sermon last evening on
the Anarchists, to full house. The text
was from 1st Tim, 10. There are those
who propose to instruct in the law who have
no conception of what law is. Those who
create disturbances in our land, such as have
received the title Of Anarchists are mostly
foreigners, and are almost, IL not, altogether
ignorant Of our laws. They know not the
nature of our institutions and have not come
to appreciate or love them. They left the
old world to escape oppression and to i'm
prove their condition. They come here and
go deliberately to work to destroy the very
thing they profess to be seeking after.
There is no danger of their succeeding.
We have too many thousands Of law abiding
and liberty loving people for such fate to
reach us. We are free people and we are
willing to give other people all the liberty
they need so long as they do not kill or de-
stroy or infringe upon the rights OF others.
The great mass of our people believe In law,
and will see that 1t Is respected, or yindi-
Gated, to say the least.
The Anarchists are composed of those who
are ignorant, and they gather recruits from
the idle and the vicious classes. 1t Is not
struggle between capital and labor.
The Anarchists in Chicago have attracted
worldwide attention. They were deluded,
they knew not all they were doing. They
were not martyrs, as their friends would
have us believe. They were not fighting for
an enduring principle; they were fighting
without a principle, hence they fought in the
dark like towards. They did not have In
them that which produces martyrs. They
would break up an order of things that has
been growing up for centuries.
But should these poor men in Chicago be
hanged? III they were guilty, there was nc
other way, because 1t was the penalty of the
law. The speaker admitted that the penalty
was barbarous, that it had its origin In dark
ness among the barbarisms, but they could
do no better under the circumstances.
The speaker went on to say that he was
not believer in capital punishment, and
when such barbarous practice will be en-
tirely dispensed with, and sure methods Of
reform instituted
Mr.. CrOsley will consider the question next
Sabbath evening, What will be the fate of
the Anarchists in the next world?"